We're here at Marsh Harbor Marina awaiting the arrival of Heidi and Jeremiah who
will be with us for the next week. They were leaving from Cleveland just as a major
storm was arriving so we're hoping their flight has been uneventful. Carol and I have
spent the last couple of weeks scoping out the vicinity for good places to take them.
Our visit to Hopetown was enjoyable. We were on a mooring ball at the base of the
famous lighthouse so the view was special. The harbor there is very protected but has
a shallow entrance that has to be approached at high tide. Many of the harbors here
require arriving at least at half tide if not full. Hopetown is very picturesque with
many quaint shops and brightly colored small homes. They also have more landscaping
than other towns. It felt like Christmas there because there were several marinas and
homes with Christmas lights and there were lights strung on the lighthouse. I've
realized that Christmas lights are an important tradition for me when I didn't have
them.
Moored in front of the famous lighthouse,one
of the few still lit by kerosene lamp.
View of Hopetown Harbor from the top of the
lighthouse (our boat is at the lower left).
Yeah, Christmas lights!
Christmas in Hopetown
Back at Marsh Harbor Marina on Christmas Eve we all got together up at The Jib Room
for hors d'ouvres and merriment. There is a great group of people staying here and the
staff is wonderful. Christmas day the owners provided turkey and ham and we had a
super potluck dinner. Several of the people at the docks received conch horns for Christmas,
I had made one from a found conch shell and at sundown we gathered together to herald
the setting of the sun, a Bahamian tradition. What we lacked in quality of sound we made
up for in volume, outblowing the folks from across the harbor at the other marina.
Christmas potluck
Heralding the setting of the sun.
The consensus of the canine spectators
was that we were making an awful racket.
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